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and earls are number'd In their great family ; what coats they quarter, How many battles our forefathers fought!— 'Tis poor, and not becoming perfect gentry To build their glories at their father's cost, But at their own expense of blood or virtue,...The dramatic works and poems of James Shirley - Page 63by James Shirley, William Gifford, Alexander Dyce - 1833 - 1 pagesFull view - About this book

...what Nobility my predecessors boasted, Or any man from honour's stock descended ? How many marquesses and earls are number'd In their great family ? what...becoming perfect gentry To build their glories at their fathers' cost, But at their own expense of blood or virtue, To raise them living monuments; our birth...

...inaudible and noiseless foot of Time Steals, ere we can effect them. SHAKSPERE. PRIDE OF ANCESTKT. 'Tis poor, and not becoming perfect gentry, To build their glories at their fathers' cost; But at their own expense of blood or virtue, To raise them living monuments ; our birth...

...when he dies to furnish out an epitaph, is below a wise man's business. Ibid. ANCESTBY-Pride of. "Pis poor, and not becoming perfect gentry, To build their glories at their fathers' cost ; But at their own expense of blood or virtue, To raise them living monuments ; our birth...

...what Nobility my predecessors boasted, . Or any man from honour's stock descended ; How many marquises and earls are number'd In their great family : what coats they quarter, Tis poor, and not becoming perfect gentry How many battles our forefathers fought !— To build their...

...ante'cedents of his ancestors. His feeling, if he has any, may be summed up in the lines of the old poet: " Tis poor, and not becoming perfect gentry, To build their glories at their fathers' cost; But at their own expense of blood or virtue To raise them living monuments. Our birth...

...faithfulness of God ; 3. Take steps to secure the welfare of our own posterity. Pride of ancestry.— 'Tis poor, and not becoming perfect gentry, To build their glories at their fathers' cost ; But at their own expense of blood or virtue, To raise them living monuments ; our birth...

...ancestors. His feeling, if 160 Poets' Homes. he has any, may be summed up in the lines of the old poet: " Tis poor, and not becoming perfect gentry, To build their glories at their fathers' cost; But at their own expense of blood or virtue To raise them living monuments. Our birth...